Nova Prata
| Município de Nova Prata "Capital Nacional do Basalto"
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| Coordinates | 28 ° 47 ′ S , 51 ° 37 ′ W | ||
 Location of Nova Prata in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
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| founding | August 11, 1924 | ||
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Rio Grande do Sul | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-RS | ||
| climate | Cfa, Cfb, subtropical | ||
| surface | 258.9 km² | ||
| Residents | 22,830 (2010) | ||
| density | 88.2 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 26,849 (July 1, 2018 ) | ||
| Parish code | IBGE : 4313300 | ||
| Post Code | 95320-000 to 95324-999 | ||
| Telephone code | (+55) 54 | ||
| Time zone | UTC −3 | ||
| Website | www.novaprata.rs.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
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| City Prefect | Volnei Minozzo (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | PSB | ||
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| Patron saint | John the Baptist | ||
| City festival | August 11th (city foundation) | ||
| economy | |||
| GDP | 996,131 thousand R $ 39,755 R $ per person (2015) |
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| HDI | 0.766 (2010) | ||
Nova Prata , officially Portuguese Município de Nova Prata , German new silver , is a Brazilian city in the Serra Gaúcha in the state of Rio Grande do Sul . It is around 180 km from the capital, Porto Alegre . The population was estimated to be 26,849 as of July 1, 2018. The inhabitants who live in the approximately 258.9 km² area (as of 2017) are called Nova-Pratenser (Portuguese nova-pratenses ). The population density in 2010 was 88 people per km².
geography
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The city is located south of André da Rocha and Guabijú , north of Vila Flores and Fagundes Varela , east of Nova Bassano and Vista Alegre do Prata and west of Protásio Alves . The terrain is mountainous, the height is around 662 meters.
The Serra Gaúcha is predominantly basaltic , basalt quarries gave the place the nickname National Capital of Basalt .
The natural beauties include several waterfalls, one of the most famous is the Cascata da Usina Velha, about 15 km to the south, which, fed by the Rio da Prata , falls 45 meters deep. The biome is characterized by the Brazilian pine ( Araucaria angustifolia ).
climate
The climate is subtropical according to the Köppen and Geiger Cfa climate classification . The average temperature is 17.2 ° C, the annual rainfall averages 1775 mm.
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Nova Prata
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |||
| Temperature ( ° C ) | 22nd | 21.2 | 19.4 | 16.5 | 13.9 | 13 | 13.3 | 14.4 | 15.8 | 17.6 | 19.7 | 19.8 | O | 17.2 |
| Precipitation ( mm ) | 151 | 138 | 144 | 133 | 136 | 159 | 147 | 160 | 188 | 150 | 124 | 145 | Σ | 1775 |
City administration
Executive: In the local elections in 2016, Volnei Minozzo became city prefect (mayor) for the term from 2017 to 2020, who ran for the Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB). He was re-elected with 62.73% of the vote. The legislature rests with a city council (Câmara Municipal) made up of 11 elected city councilors (vereadores).
Standard of living
The human development index for cities, abbreviated HDI (Portuguese: IDH-M ), was at the low value of 0.586 in 1991, at the middle value of 0.689 in 2000, and at the high value of 0.766 in 2010.
Ethnic composition
Ethnic groups according to the statistical classification of the IBGE (status 2010 with 22,830 inhabitants): Of these, 18,659 inhabitants lived in urban areas in 2010 and around 4171 in rural areas in smaller settlements (vilas) or homesteads.
| group | Share (2010) | annotation |
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| Brancos | 19,401 | Whites, descendants of Europeans |
| Pardos | 2,732 | Mixed races, mulattos , mestizos |
| Pretus | 638 | black |
| Amarelos | 39 | Asians |
| Indigenous people | 20th | indigenous population |
The largest group of people of European origin are descendants of Italians, followed by Poles, Portuguese and Germans. They still speak the Riograndenser Hunsrückisch .
| origin | proportion of | annotation |
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| Italy | 65% | |
| Poland | 10% | |
| Germany | 5% | |
| Portuguese and non-Europeans | 20% |
Town twinning
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Personalities
Born in Nova Prata:
- Elisa Volpatto (* 1986), actress
- Miguel Roncato (born 1993), actor
- Gustavo Bonatto Barreto (* 1995), football player
- Miguel Paludo (* 1983), racing driver
literature
- Zaira Galeazzi: O grande Prata e sua historia . Escola Superior de Teologia São Lourenço de Brindes, Porto Alegre 1982.
- Zaira Galeazzi: 100 anos da cidade de Nova Prata: 1895–1995 . Nova Prata 2001.
- Geraldo Farina: Historia de Nova Prata-RS . EdUCS, Caxias do Sul, RS 1986, ISBN 85-7061-047-5 .
Web links
- Site of the city prefecture of Nova Prata
- City Council website , Câmara de Vereadores
- Guia Virtual de Nova Prata
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rio Grande do Sul: Nova Prata> Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), accessed June 29, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Estimativas da população residente no Brasil e unidades da federação com data de referência em 1 ° de julho de 2018. (PDF; 2.6 MB) In: ibge.gov.br. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), 2018, accessed September 20, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ a b Volnei Minozzo 40 (Prefeito). In: com.br. Eleições 2016, accessed July 1, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ A b Atlas do desenvolvimento humano no Brasil - Nova Prata, RS . Retrieved July 1, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Climate Nova Prata: Weather, climate table & climate diagram. In: climate-data.org. de.climate-data.org, accessed on July 1, 2018 .
- ↑ Câmara de Vereadores . Retrieved July 1, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ IBGE : Sistema IBGE de Recuperação Automática - SIDRA: Tabela 2093. Accessed on July 1, 2018 (Portuguese, database query, search terms Nova Prata (RS) and Cor ou raça).